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APPLICATION FILED JUNEM. 1917.

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READING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 5, 1921.

Application filed June 14, 1917. Serial No. 174,700.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT W. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, count of'New York, and State of New York, ave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Braiding Machines, of whichtliefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to the braiding of strands such as cords, threads, or wires into textile fabric and has special reference to the manufacture of relatively thick, narrow fa'bric having more than one ply, and to the closing of the ends of the same to produce a continuous belt or ring.

' One object of my invention is to provide a simple and improved means of braiding that shall be useful in many ways but particularly adapted for producing narrow fabric of considerable thickness.

Another object is to provide a means of closing the ends of a len h of fabric to produce a substantially uni orm ring or belt free from ap reciable irregularities.

Another 0 ject is to provide a comparatively simple machine for automatically braiding strands into a fabric of one or more lies. p Still another object is to providea machine of the aforesaid character that shall be adapted to automatically close the ends of the fabric after a predetermined length has been braided, to produce a belt or ring of desired dimensions.

It is evident that my invention is not directly concerned with the uses to which the fabric may be put, but my improved method and machine are adapted to produce fabric rings or belts, which may be used to advantage as reinforcement in automobile tire shoes or the like.

In order that my invention may be thoroughly understood I will now proceed to describe the same in the following spec1fication. and will then point out the novel features thereof in appended claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a machine arranged and constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same machine.

Fig. 3 is a front view showing the pin boxes and their cradles which form a part of the fabric before the same machine adjusted to intermediate positions through which they travel in closing or completing the ring or belt of the fabric.

side view of the same parts in the same positions is shown in Fig. 4.

ig. 5 corresponds to Mg. 3 butshows the pin boxes and their carriages adjusted to their final positions in the closing-in operation.

Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the parts as shown in Fig. 5.

A plan View of the parts in the same positions is shown in Fig. 7.

Fig. 8 is a plan view corresponding to Fig. 7, except that the pin boxes and their carriages are removed to disclose the batten which is active in closing the ring, certain parts of the o crating mechanism of the machine'being shown in addition.

Fig. 9 is a partially diagrammatic perspective of the operating mechanism of the. machine.

Fig. 10 is a side elevation on a larger scale showlng the pin boxes in proper positions for either braiding the body of the closing-in operation is commenced, or during the closing-in operation.

1 11 is a plan view of the same parts. Fig. 12 1s a bottom plan view of the pin boxes showing a portion of the operating mechanism.

is an end elevation of the pin box as' used in the front of the machine.

Fig. 14 is a sectionalelevation taken on the lines 14.-14 of Fig. 10.

*Fig. 15 is a perspective view showing one of, the lateral pin actuators which forms a part of the pin box.

Fig. 16 is a similar view showing another portion of the pin box which is employed in the formation of the selvage of the fabric.

One of. the pins is shown on a larger scale in Fig. 17.

Fig. 18 is a perspective view showing one set the actuators shown in Fig. 15.

Fig. 19 is a view showin one of the gates which becomes active as t e pin boxes separate in moving to their closing-in position.

Fig. 20 is a perspective View of one of the pin box sections.

Fig. 21 is a perspective view showing the cradle in which the sections of the pin box are guided to their closing-in position.

of longitudinal pin actuators which are adapted to effect motions at right angles to 

